𑀙
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Translingual
Letter
𑀙 (ca)
Descendants
- Tocharian:
(cha)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Numeral
𑀙 (cha)
- Brahmi script form of cha (“six”)
Declension
Optionally indeclinable.
Declension table of "𑀙"
Prakrit
| 60 | ||
| ← 5 | 𑁬 6 |
7 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: 𑀙 (cha) Ordinal: 𑀲𑀝𑁆𑀞 (saṭṭha), 𑀙𑀝𑁆𑀞 (chaṭṭha) | ||
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *swéḱs |
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa), from Sanskrit 𑀱𑁆𑀯𑀱𑁆 (*ṣváṣ), 𑀱𑀱𑁆 (ṣáṣ).
Numeral
𑀙 (cha) (Devanagari छ, Gujarati છ, Kannada ಛ) (Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī) (cardinal number)
Descendants
- Central:
- Dardic:
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Southern:
- Western:
- → Proto-Nuristani:
Further reading
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “छ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो (in Hindi), Calcutta: , page 333.
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 317
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 11.
- Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 134.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣáṣ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 743